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The Heritage Wheat Conservancy is an initiative to conserve the ancient wheats best adapted to organic fields and artisan breads. Heritage wheats have adaptable capacity for stable yields in weather extremes of climate change and are rich in flavor and nutrition. We encourage you to save the seed of the best plants in your field and develop your own local supply of these rare varieties. All our varieties are landrace seed grown organically on our seedfarm in Maine and Israel. For more information contact Eli Rogosa: growseed@yahoo.com

Heritage Wheats

 

Emmer

(T. dicoccon) wheat of Ancient Egypt, the original matzah, and in Biblical Israel. Emmer was found in the Jericho cave where Bar Kokhba rebels hid from the Romans in 135 CE.

Emmer is being rediscovered as a gourmet grain due to its rich flavor and high nutrition. Our organic emmer is grown in the US from an ancient Ethiopian variety brought to Israel by Ethiopean Jews.

 

Emmer

 Stone Ground Organic Emmer Flour

$7.95 per lb

plus shipping

 

Spring Emmer Seed 1oz -$4.95

plus shipping

  Einkorn

Einkorn (T. monococcum), one of the oldest wheat-related grains, was found ancient Jericho and Turkey dating from 11,000 years ago.* Einkorn is higher in protein, magnesium and carotenoids than modern wheat. It is still grown in remote mountain regions by traditional peasants due to its delicious, nutty flavor and ability to thrive in rocky soils.

Known as Petit Epautre in France: petitepeautre.com

Einkorn is safe for most gluten allergies. Consult with your doctor before use. See:<celiac.com>

 

Einkorn

 

Stone Ground Organic Einkorn Flour

$7.95 per lb plus shipping

 

Einkorn Seed - 1 oz $4.95

plus shipping

Red Lammas

winter wheat

the earliest wheat grown in colonial New England, brought over by British farmers in the 1600's, is excellent for scones and light breads.

 

 

Red Lammas

 

 

Red Lammas Winter Wheat

$4.95 per oz.

plus shipping

Crimean Turkey Red

delicious, winter-hardy hard-red wheat grown, excellent for dark European peasant breads, originally from Crimea on the Black Sea

Rare Seed 

Crimean Turkey Red

 

Crimean Winter Wheat

$4.95 per ~100 seeds (3 heads)

plus shipping

 Mida

Hard Red Spring Bread Wheat

developed early 1930s in North Dakota

A hearty, disease and rust resistant wheat with high yields, excellent baking quality and rich flavor. Seed is fat and glowing deep brown.

Emmer x Marquis x Fife x Russian Kota x Florence

Field of Mida in Maine

 

Mida

 $4.95 per ~at least 400 seeds

(10 heads) 

  Rare Seed

Rouge de Bordeaux

Winter Bread Wheat

preferred by French artisan bakers,

soon to be available in North America!

Paysans-boulanger Nicolas baking with Rouge de Bordeuax

Avg Height 40", 5.5 heads per plant,, 35 seeds per head, Yield per plant: 8 grams, 1000 seed weight: 42 grams, Planted Sept. 20, 2007 - Harvested July 29, 2008

Rouge de Bordeaux

 

available 2009

Hourani Biblical Wheat

Spring Durum

discovered in the Masada Fortress by Yigal Yadin, translator of the Dead Sea Scroll, stored 2,000 years ago by King Herod. This is the wheat eaten by ancient Israel. but today is almost extinct. 

Rare Seed

 

Hourani

 

available 2009

 Tunis Black Awn

Stunning, log black awns make majestic sheaves, grown from seed collected in Djerba, Tunis, where ancient Israelis Kohamin settled after Babylonian Conquest.

 

 $4.95 per ~100 seed

(three seedheads)
     
     

BOOKS

 Seder Zariim L'Zemananu

The Way of Seed for Our Times

ancient teachings of blessings and seed in the first volume of the Mishnah - 30 pages pdf

$8.99

 Seed Stewards

Seed-Saving Activity Guidebook

grade-by-grade hands-on seed science

- 41 pages-pdf

$12.95

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Restoring Our Seed

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